g6, Bg7, d6, O-O and e5. Now black must find a plan that is valid in the
middlegame as well. The plan is simple: Mate the King!Some advice for better chess!
When I started to play chess i did like the teacher told: Open e4, develop Nf3, Bc4, Nc3 and so on. I learned how to develop quite good, but how to take advantage of this later on? This was a big problem for me. OK, I won many games by mating the opponent, but must admit I had no clear plan. When I passed the beginner stadium it was not possible just to play for mate. Chess was not that simple. It was important to have a plan and follow that even after the opening was over and middlegame took over. This was when someone showed me the Kings Indian Defence!
As You probably know, KingsIndian
is played as black after white opens d4. Black develop Nf6,
g6, Bg7, d6, O-O and e5. Now black must find a plan that is valid in the
middlegame as well. The plan is simple: Mate the King!
OK, but how do I mate the King? A plan like "mate the king" is nothing special! Well, the plan in the KingIndian is
Step 3 and 4may be mixed depending on whites maneuver. It’s a simple plan and it works excellent if white isn’t very careful. What does white do meanwhile? Whites plan is to open the Queen-side by playing b2-b4 followed by c4-c5 and double the rook at c-line. Here is an example from my owm practice:
GAME 1
Ola Karlsson - Paul Andersson
Clubtournament Linköping 1989
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3
In the Saemish white usually castle long and attack the black King with g4, h4 and so on. Black then has to be very active and open the c-file against the white King.
5...O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Bd3 e5 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nge2 Ne8 10.O-O
In this game, however, white plays for the classic white plan: open c-file and invade the 7th rank before black mates. The black Ne8 guards the c7-square succesfully this time.
10...f5 11.b4 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.c5 Ng6 14.a4 g4 15.a5 Qg5
16.Be1 gxf3 17.Rxf3 Bg4 18.Rf2 f3 19.Ng3 fxg2 20.Bd2 Nf4 21.Be2 Nh3+ 22.Kxg2 Rxf2+ 23.Kh1 Rxe2
0-1
Whites problem was he didn't succed in open the Q-side fast enough. This is a good example what happens when black can follow his plan through.
This was the opening that taught me how to play following a plan from the opening till the end. I was that successful with it I started play it as white as well! (Nf3, g3, Bg2, O-O, d3, Nbd2 (to avoid exchanging Queen after dxe4) e4, Ne1 or Nh4, f4 and so on). You can also use the plan against French, Caro-Kann by playing 2. d3 followed by 3. Nd2 and so on. I used it sometimes I when opened e4 and didn't want to discuss theory. An example:
GAME 2
Paul Andersson, LASS - Ivan Matesa, Tibro SK
2nd division West board 7 (3) 1988
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.O-O Nc6 5.d3 e5 6.Nc3 Be7 7.e4 d4
Now it is a Kingsindian with an extra tempo. If the KI is good as black, it must be excellent as white.
8.Ne2 O-O 9.Nh4
When black hasn't started the attack on the c-file, I choose h4 for my Knight. The reason is the f5-square.
9...Nh5 10.Nf5 Bxf5 11.exf5 Qd7
12.g4 Nf6 13.Ng3 Bd6 14.g5 Ne8 15.Be4 Bc7 16.Qh5 f6 17.g6 h6 
18.Bxh6 Rf7
If 18...gh: I play 19.Qh6: threatening Bd5+ with winning advantage for white. Of course black could have resigned here, but played on for the team.
19.gxf7+ Qxf7 20.Qxf7+ Kxf7 21.Bd2 Nd6 22.a3 Nxe4 23.Nxe4 b6 24.b4 cxb4 25.Bxb4 Nxb4 26.axb4 a5 27.bxa5 bxa5 28.Rfb1 Ra7 29.Nc5 g6 30.Rb7
1-0
Today I still use the KingsIndian now and then and it works just fine, especially against unprepared and lowranked opponents. A good opening when I feel for attacking chess.
This was my tip for this time. I will tell You more about my openings later. Some call it system because You do the same moves no matter what the opponent does. For me it doesn’t matter what it’s called, it’s the result that counts.
Email: Paul Andersson